Bird Tales – Summertime Reading

Bird Tales – Summertime Reading

So I said, “Oh, that I had wings like a dove! I would fly away and be at rest. (Psalms 55:6 NKJV) (Just published this on the other site “Birds of the Bible For Kids” and thought you might also enjoy reading these stories. Maybe you have children or grandchildren that would enjoy you reading … Continue reading

Sunday Inspiration – Birds and Peace

Sunday Inspiration – Birds and Peace

Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ. (1 Corinthians 1:3 KJV) Today’s is more about the song that Sean is playing. “I’d Rather Have Jesus Than Anything.” These photos are of birds and places we have had the privilege of visiting to watch the marvelous avian wonders that … Continue reading

Songs In The Night From The Mockingbird

Songs In The Night From The Mockingbird

who teaches us more than the beasts of the earth and makes us wiser than the birds of the heavens?’ (Job 35:11 ESV) Recently.a friend was telling me about a bird that has been singing every night. He said that it begins around 3 AM and continues for hours. He was frustrated by the bird’s behavior. After … Continue reading

Orni-Theology Introduction

Orni-Theology Introduction

In the last blog, the term “Orni-Theology” was introduced. (Orni-theology ~ The Master Carpenter) Since then, an Orni-Theology page has been established. There will be links there to the various articles that will feature some bird or bird characteristics with an application and challenge to principles from the Bible, with verses, that we should be applying to … Continue reading

Orni-theology ~ The Master Carpenter

Orni-theology ~ The Master Carpenter

Whether you’re a bird person or not, this is stunning!!! Not to detract from the sheer magic of it, but in practical terms. How MANY trips would a bird have to make with that tiny little quantity of mud/clay it could carry? (and how far from the nest is the source?) Look at the pictures … Continue reading

Sunday Inspiration – Rock Birds

Sunday Inspiration – Rock Birds

He is the Rock, his work is perfect: for all his ways are judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is he. (Deuteronomy 32:4 KJV) This week we will look at the different “Rock” birds. Many articles have been written about them, but today we get to see their photos. Of … Continue reading

Birds of the Bible – Crowned Cranes

Birds of the Bible – Crowned Cranes

Like a crane or a swallow, so did I chatter: I did mourn as a dove: mine eyes fail with looking upward: O LORD, I am oppressed; undertake for me. (Isaiah 38:14 KJV) Originally this was going to be about the Grey Crowned Crane at Jacksonville Zoo and other zoos, but the bird genus Balearica … Continue reading

Ian’s Bird of the Week – Hall’s Babbler

Here is another of the Bowra specialties, Hall’s Babbler, which has a restricted range in dry scrubland in western Queensland north to about Winton and northwestern New South Wales south to about Brewarrina. If you think it looks just like a White-browed Babbler, you won’t be surprised to hear that it was overlooked as a … Continue reading

Bible Birds – Lapwings II

Bible Birds – Lapwings II

And the stork, the heron after her kind, and the lapwing, and the bat. (Leviticus 11:19 KJV) The White-crowned Lapwing above was my first Lapwing encountered. They were at the National Aviary in Pittsburg, PA. They are from the tropical regions of Africa and have a diet of insects and other small invertebrates. (Fun Fact … Continue reading